Book Awards & Distinctions
for Naomi Shihab Nye
3 Lifetime Achievement Awards 63 Total Book Awards
The Turtle of Oman (9)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2015
Arab American Book Award, 2007-2024
Winner, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Commended, 2015
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2014
Middle East Book Award, 2000-2023
Winner, 2015
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2015
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2003
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2002
Middle East Book Award, 2000-2023
Winner, 2003
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2003
Habibi (6)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 1998
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
Middle East Book Award, 2000-2023
Winner, 2000
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 1998
Phoenix Award, 1986-2024
Honor, 2017
Cast Away: Poems for Our Time (4)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2020
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2021
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2021
The Turtle of Michigan (4)
Arab American Book Award, 2007-2024
Honor, 2023
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2023
Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2025
Commended, 2023
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Elementary Selection, 2022
A Maze Me: Poems for Girls (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2006
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2006
Everything Comes Next: Collected and New Poems (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Is This Forever, or What?: Poems & Paintings from Texas (3)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2005
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2005
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Honor, 2005
The Space Between Our Footsteps (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1998
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 1999
The Tree is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Gathering of Poems and Stories from Mexico with Paintings… (3)
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Commended, 1995
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 1996
Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2018
Notable Poetry and Verse Novels, 2011-2025
Selection, 2019
Baby Radar (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2004
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2024
Commended, 2004
Honeybee: Poems & Short Prose (2)
Arab American Book Award, 2007-2024
Winner, 2009
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009
Sitti's Secrets (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1994
Time You Let Me in: 25 Poets Under 25 (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2024
Selection, 2010
What Have You Lost? (2)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2000
Come with Me: Poems for a Journey (1)
The Flag of Childhood: Poems from the Middle East (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Lullaby Raft (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1997
Salting the Ocean: 100 Poems by Young Poets (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2001
There Is No Long Distance Now: Very Short Stories (1)
This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from Around the World (1)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1992